How To Install libglbsp3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libglbsp3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libglbsp3 is node builder library for OpenGL-based Doom-style games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbsp3 on Debian 10.

What is libglbsp3

libglbsp3 is:

glBSP is a node builder specially designed to be used with OpenGL ports of the DOOM game engine. It adheres to the “GL-Friendly Nodes” specification, which means it adds some new special nodes to a WAD file that makes it very easy (and fast!) for an OpenGL DOOM engine to compute the polygons needed for drawing the levels.

There are many DOOM ports that understand the GL Nodes which glBSP creates, including EDGE, the Doomsday engine (JDOOM), Doom3D, PrBoom, and Vavoom.

There are three methods to install libglbsp3 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libglbsp3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libglbsp3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglbsp3

Install libglbsp3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libglbsp3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libglbsp3

Install libglbsp3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libglbsp3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglbsp3

How To Uninstall libglbsp3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libglbsp3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglbsp3

Uninstall libglbsp3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglbsp3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglbsp3

Remove libglbsp3 Configurations and Data

To remove libglbsp3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglbsp3

Remove libglbsp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libglbsp3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglbsp3

Dependencies

libglbsp3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglbsp3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.